About Our Seminar Series: The Duke Robotics Seminar Series brings together leading researchers, industry experts, and students to explore cutting-edge developments in robotics and autonomous systems. Our monthly seminars feature distinguished speakers from academia and industry, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange across the global robotics community. Each seminar provides a platform for presenting groundbreaking research, discussing emerging trends, and addressing the challenges facing the field of robotics. We welcome both internal Duke community members and external participants, creating a diverse environment for learning and networking. The series spans multiple domains including artificial intelligence, computer vision, mechanical design, control systems, swarm systems, bio-inspired robots, medical robots, and human-robot interaction, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of modern robotics research.
Duke Robotics Seminar Series
2025–26 Seminar Series
There are no upcoming events at this time.
Past Seminars
2025
Modularity for Robot Manipulation
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Oliver Kroemer
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Autonomous Robotic Surgery: Will Your Next Surgeon Run on Caffeine or 120V?
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Dr. Axel Krieger
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
Leadership, Ethics, and Robotics & AI Technology: A Fireside Chat with Gen Brown
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
General Charles Q. Brown Jr
Surgineering Using Intelligent and Flexible Robotic Systems
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Dr. Farshid Alambeigi
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
2024
Human-in-the-Loop Machine Learning for Robot Navigation and Manipulation
Monday, October 28, 2024
Peter Stone
Sponsorship Opportunity
Duke Robotics offers sponsorship opportunities, if interested in sponsoring the seminar series, please reach out to the organizing committee: Boyuan Chen, Joanna Deaton, and Xianyi Cheng at: robotics@duke.edu.
Thank you to our Seminar Sponsors